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Black Hole Emits a 1,000-Light-Year-Wide Gas Bubble 145

Posted by Soulskill on Friday July 09, 2010 @05:59PM from the reminds-me-of-a-buddy-of-mine dept.

PhrostyMcByte writes "12 million light-years away, in the outer spiral of galaxy NGC 7793, a bubble of hot gas approximately 1,000 light-years in diameter can be found shooting out of a black hole — one of the most powerful jets of energy ever seen. (Abstract available at Nature.) The bubble has been growing for approximately 200,000 years, and is expanding at around 1,000,000 kilometers per hour."

Building a Homemade Nuclear Reactor In NYC 219

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday June 24, 2010 @10:37AM from the extreme-diy dept.

yukk writes "Mark Suppes, a web developer for Gucci, is working on his own personal fusion reactor. His work in a NYC warehouse using $35,000 of his own money and $4,000 raised on a website has made him the 38th independent researcher recognized as creating a working fusion reactor. How's that for a hobby?"

Comment Additional Degrees (Score 1) 1054

by WanderingPebble on Monday March 07, 2005 @06:53PM (#11871009) Attached to: Best Degree to Pair w/ a B.Sc. in Computer Science?

Depends on your interests. I suggest that you get a Minor in English before getting anything else. It would help you communicate better. A minor in a foreign language would also help. French for Europe or Spanish for the Americas. You can get those at a junior/community college where it would be less expensive. After you have worked 5 years, then get an MBA for management or the Math for the technical.

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